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LAWS 

OF 


Williams  College, 

REVISED  1878. 


LAWS 


OF 


Williams  College, 


AUTHORIZED  BY  THE  TRUSTEES 


AT  THEIR  MEETING  IN  JULY, 


1878. 


JAMES  T.  ROBINSON  $ SON , 

Book  and  Job  Printers  and  Blank  Book  Manufacturers. 
North  Adams , Mass. 

1878. 


NOTE. 


Good  order  and  system  are  essential  to  success  in  any  work  ; and 
the  want  of  them  fatal  to  the  highest  profit  and  enjoyment  of  College 
life.  As  a means  of  securing  the  best  results  from  the  labor  of  the 
governing  boards  and  students,  the  Trustees  prescribe  the  following 
laws  and  rules.  As  the  rules  here  embodied  are  deemed  essential  for 
carrying  out  the  purposes  for  which  Williams  College  was  founded,  no 
student  to  whom  a copy  of  these  laws  is  given  will  be  allowed  to  plead 
ignorance  of  their  requirements,  and  no  plea  of  “past  custom”  will  be 
accepted  as  an  excuse  for  their  transgression.  Any  change  or  modifi- 
cation of  them  will  be  duly  announced  by  the  Faculty. 


COLLEGE  LAWS. 


CHAPTER  I. 

OF  THE  GOVERNMENT  OF  THE  COLLEGE. 

1.  The  General  Government  and  direction  of  Wil- 
Government.  liams  College  is  lodged  by  the  Charter  in  the  Presi- 
dent and  Trustees*.  The  Immediate  Government 

is  vested  in  the  President  and  Professors,  who  shall  be  styled  the 
Faculty  of  the  College. 

2.  There  shall  be  a stated,  annual  meeting  of  the 
Trustees.  Trustees,  during  Commencement  week  ; other  meet- 
ings may  be  called  by  the  President,  with  the  advice 

of  the  Standing  Committee. 

3.  The  President  is  the  executive  officer  of  the  Board 
President.  of  Trustees  ; he  shall  have  the  general  oversight  and 

direction  of  College  instruction  and  discipline  ; he- 
shall  take  such  part  in  the  instruction  of  the  classes  as  the  Board 
may  direct,  or,  in  absence  of  such  direction,  as  he  may  think 
proper  ; he  shall  have  authority  to  convene  the  Faculty  for  busi- 
ness or  advice,  whenever  he  may  think  it  expedient,  and  shall 
preside  in  such  meetings  when  present. 

^Corporate  name,  “The  Peesident  and  Tkustees  of  Williams  College.” 


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4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  Professor,  or  other 
Professors.  instructor,  to  devote  himself  earnestly  to  the  duties 

of  his  department,  with  which  no  other  pursuit  may 
interfere ; to  give  instruction  either  by  text-book  or  lectures, 
according  to  the  nature  of  the  subject ; to  direct  his  class  to  such 
authors  as  will  be  most  useful  in  the  prosecution  of  their  studies  ; 
to  illustrate  those  subjects  capable  of  visible  illustration  by  dia- 
grams, maps,  specimens  and  experiments  ; and  to  aim  to  produce 
and  to  increase  in  his  pupils  a love  of  knowledge,  and  a thorough 
mental  discipline. 

Each  Professor,  or  other  instructor,  will  consider  himself  an 
officer  of  discipline  as  much  as  of  instruction,  charged  with  the 
special  supervision  of  his  own  class.  He  will  take  notice  of 
every  instance  of  irregularity,  want  of  decorum,  or  violation  of 
the  laws,  whether  in  his  own  class  or  elsewhere,  and  take  meas- 
ures at  once  to  correct  it.  If  his  own  efforts  fail,  he  will  report 
the  matter  to  the  Faculty. 

The  Professors  shall  make  a written  report  of  the  state  of  their 
respective  departments  and  their  course  of  instruction  to  the 
Trustees  annually,  at  the  time  of  the  final  Senior  Examination. 

5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Faculty,  and  of  each 
Faculty.  member  of  it,  to  establish  and  maintain  good  disci- 
pline in  the  College ; to  give  the  President  their 

opinion  and  advice  in  any  matter  whenever  requested  by  him  ; 
to  visit  the  students  at  their  rooms  ; and  to  watch  over  their 
manners  and  morals. 

The  Faculty  will  appoint  one  of  their  number  to  act 
class  officer,  as  the  particular  officer  of  each  class,  and  to  serve  as 
the  ordinary  medium  of  communication  between  that 
class  and  the  Faculty.  Applications  for  excuses,  for  leave  of 
absence,  and  for  leave  to  go  out  of  town,  shall  be  made  to  the 
officer  of  the  class,  and  all  such  absences  shall  be  recorded  by 
him  with  the  reasons  for  them  ; but  if  the  absence  be  for  a lon- 
ger time  than  one  week , leave  shall  be  obtained  of  the  President 


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or  Faculty.  No  officer  of  a class  shall  excuse  a student  for  other 
recitations  besides  his  own,  except  as  such  excuse  may  be  inci- 
dental to  a general  leave  of  absence. 

The  officer  of  each  class  may  appoint  a class  moni- 
Monitors.  tor,  who  shall  keep  a record  of  all  absences  from 
Sabbath  services  and  from  prayers  ; of  all  tardinesses 
at  the  same;  and  of  all  persons  going  out  from  the  same  ; and 
this  record  he  shall  hand  from  time  to  time  to  the  class  officer. 
The  monitor  shall  receive  a suitable  compensation  for  his  ser- 
vices ; but  if  he  shall  be  neglectful  of  his  duty,  or  dishonest  in 
its  discharge,  he  may  be  removed  at  any  time,  and  be  deprived 
of  his  compensation,  or  otherwise  punished,  at  the  discretion  of 
the  officer. 

As  the  responsibility  of  carrying  on  the  entire  sys- 
Misceiianeous.  tern  of  instruction  and  government  of  the  College 
devolves  on  the  Faculty  as  a body,  each  member  is 
bound  to  perform  miscellaneous  duties  which  do  not  strictly  be- 
long to  any  department  of  instruction,  and  which  by  vote  of  the 
Faculty  are  assigned  to  him.  If,  in  consequence  of  the  sickness, 
death,  or  absence  of  any  of  the  officers  of  instruction,  additional 
teachers  are  required,  the  Faculty  are  authorized  to  provide  such 
teachers  until  the  next  meeting  of  the  Corporation.  The  Fac- 
ulty are  also  authorized,  at  their  discretion,  to  license  special 
teachers  of  branches  not  contained  in  the  College  course,  and 
students  may  not,  without  permission,  attend  on  teachers  not 
thus  licensed.  With  the  exception  just  noticed,  all  the  officers 
of  instruction  and  government  in  the  College  are  chosen  by  the 
Corporation,  and  are  subject  to  removal  by  them. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  first  term  of  each  collegiate 
Secretary.  year,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Faculty  to  appoint  one 
of  their  number  Secretary,  who  shall  keep  a record  of 
their  votes  and  decisions,  and  especially  of  all  penalties  visited  by 
them,  with  the  reasons  for  the  same;  which  book  shall  be  open  to 
the  inspection  of  the  Trustees,  or  of  any  Committee  thereof. 


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CHAPTER  II. 

OF  THE  COURSE  OF  INSTRUCTION. 

1.  The  undergraduates  shall  be  divided  into  four 
Admission.  distinct  classes,  called  respectively  the  Freshman,  the 
Sophomore,  the  Junior,  and  the  Senior  class.  Can- 
didates for  admission  into  the  Freshman  class  must  be  at  least 
fourteen  years  of  age,  and  shall  be  examined,  under  the  direction 
of  the  President,  in 
Geography. — Modern  and  Ancient. 

History. — Greek  and  Roman. 

Mathematics. — Arithmetic.  Algebra  through  simple  equations. 

Geometry , two  books. 

Grammar. — English , Latin  and  Greek. 

Latin  Authors. — Coesar , four  books  ; Cicero , seven  orations, 
Virgil, the  Georgies  and  six  books  of  the  Hmeid. 
Latin  Composition. — Arnold' s}  as  far  as  the  Passive  Voice. 
Greek  Authors. — Xenophon's  Anabasis , four  books.  Homer's 
Iliad , one  book. 

The  Faculty  may  make  such  substitutions  and  alterations  in 
these  conditions  of  admission  as  the  interests  of  the  College  may 
require. 

Candidates  for  admission  to  an  advanced  standing 
Advance.  must  be  correspondingly  advanced  in  age,  and  must 
be  examined  in  the  studies  also  which  have  been  per- 
sued  by  the  class  they  wish  to  enter,  or  in  others  equivalent  to 
them  ; but  no  one  shall  be  admitted  into  the  Senior  class  after 
the  commencement  of  the  second  term. 

All  candidates  for  admission  must  bring  proper  testimonials 
of  good  moral  character  ; and  if  from  another  College,  a dismis- 
sion in  accordance  with  the  established  custom  of  Colleges, 
students  admitted  to  an  advanced  standing,  unless  they  come 
from  another  College,  pay,  in  lieu  of  back  tuition,  the  following 
sums  as  entrance  money,  viz  : Sophomores,  $10  ; Juniors,  $15  ; 
Seniors,  $20. 


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Each  student  accepted  on  examination,  shall  be  fur- 
Engagement.  nished  with  a copy  of  the  College  laws  ; and  no  plea 
of  ignorance  of  these  laws  can  afterwards  be  admit- 
ted. He  shall  also  sign  an  engagement  in  the  following  form  : 

I promise,  on  condition  of  being  admitted  as  a member  of 
Williams  College,  on  my  faith  and  honor , to  obey  all  the  laws 
and  regulations  of  this  College  ; that  I will  faithfully  avoid  in- 
temperance, profanity,  gaming,  and  all  indecent,  disorderly 
behavior,  and  disrespectful  conduct  to  the  Faculty,  and  all  com- 
binations to  resist  their  authority — especially  that  I will  refrain 
from  “ hazing ” and  all  similar  practices  which  tend  to  produce 
disorder  in  College , and  ill  feeling  between  the  classes  ; as  wit- 
ness my  hand. 

2.  The  course  of  instruction  in  the  College  will  em- 
Curricuium.  brace  Latin,  Greek,  Modern  Languages,  Mathemat- 
ics, Natural  Philosophy  and  Astronomy,  History, 
Political  Economy  and  Constitutional  Law,  Rhetoric  and  Ora- 
tory, Chemistry,  Natural  History,  Anatomy  and  Physiology, 
Intellectual  and  Moral  Philosophy,  Natural  Religion  and  the 
Evidences  of  Christianity.  There  shall  also  be  such  physical 
exercises  as  the  Faculty  shall  determine.  The  authors  to  be  read 
in  this  course  by  the  several  classes,  the  order  of  studies  and  the 
space  allotted  to  each,  and  the  times  of  all  recitations,  lectures, 
declamations  and  compositions  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Faculty. 

Public  worship,  consisting  of  reading  the  Scriptures 
worship.  and  prayer,  shall  be  conducted  by  the  President,  or 
other  member  of  the  Faculty,  daily  in  the  College 
Chapel ; which  exercise  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Faculty  and 
students  regularly  and  reverently  to  attend.  Divine  service  shall 
be  publicly  solemnized  on  the  Lord’s  Day,  on  days  of  Thanks- 
giving and  Fasting  appointed  by  public  authority,  and  on  such 
other  days  as  the  Faculty  shall  prescribe  ; and  the  students  shall 
be  present  at  every  appointed  exercise  of  public  worship.  No 
excuse  for  absence  shall  be  accepted  unless,  when  possible,  pre- 
viously rendered  to  a member  of  the  Faculty. 


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3.  There  shall  be  public  examinations  of  all  the  class- 
Examinations.  es  in  all  the  studies  pursued.  The  Seniors  shall  be 

publicly  examined  as  candidates  for  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts,  by  the  Faculty,  the  Standing  Committee,  and 
other  members  of  the  Trustees,  and  other  gentlemen  of  liberal 
education  who  may  attend,  on  the  invitation  of  the  Faculty  or 
Trustees.  They  shall  be  examined  on  the  studies  of  Senior  year, 
and  such  other  studies  as  the  Faculty  may  prescribe.  When  the 
examination  is  finished,  the  Examiners  shall  recommend  such  of 
the  candidates  as  shall  be  approved  by  a majority  of  their  votes 
taken  b}7  ballot,  and  the  candidates  thus  recommended,  unless  it 
shall  be  forfeited  by  misconduct,  shall  be  entitled  to  the  degree 
of  A.  B.  at  the  next  Commencement ; those  who  are  not  thus 
recommended,  may,  upon  application,  be  re-examined  under  the 
direction  of  the  President,  and,  if  approved,  shall  receive  a de- 
gree with  their  class. 

4.  There  shall  be  a scale  of  merit  carefully  kept  by 
standing.  each  instructor,  on  which  the  relative  standing  of 

every  member  of  his  class  shall  be  marked.  This 
standing  shall  be  made  up  of  the  five  elements,  which  are  the 
basis  of  true  success  in  College  and  give  promise  of  success  in 
the  world,  viz  : 1st.  Scholarship,  as  indicated  in  recitations  and 
examinations ; 2d.  Orderly  Behavior  in  class  room  and  chapel  ; 
3d.  Regularity  and  Punctuality;  4th.  Moral  Conduct;  5th. 
General  Deportment.  In  assigning  parts  for  Commencement, 
and  in  awarding  all  other  literary  distinctions,  the  rule  shall  be 
to  follow  the  general  average  of  these  scales  of  merit. 

If  the  scholarship  or  general  conduct  of  a student  shall  not 
encourage  the  hope  that  his  longer  connection  with  the  College 
wrill  be  useful  to  him  or  creditable  to  the  institution,  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  President,  with  the  advice  of  the  Faculty,  to  in- 
form his  parent  or  guardian  that  the  continuance  of  such  student 
will  be  inexpedient,  and  his  connection  with  College  shall  cease. 

5.  The  appointments  in  the  Senior  class  for  Com- 


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Appointments,  mencement  shall  be  made  out  by  the  Faculty.  They 
shall  consist  of  such  exercises  and  so  many  as  the 
Faculty  shall  determine. 

All  compositions  which  are  to  be  publicly  exhibited,  whether 
at  Commencement  or  other  times , shall  he  approved  by  the 
Professor  of  Rhetoric  ; and  any  student  who  shall  exhibit  a 
piece  not  thus  approved,  or  part  of  a piece,  may  be  punished  by 
admonition,  suspension,  expulsion,  or  by  being  refused  a degree, 
at  the  discretion  of  the  Faculty. 

Five  members  of  the  Sophomore  and  Junior  classes 
Exhibitors.  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Faculty,  or  in  such  a man- 
ner as  the  Faculty  may  determine,  to  exhibit  origi- 
nal pieces  by  declamation  the  evening  preceding  Commencement. 
A testimonial  shall  be  awarded  to  the  best  performance  in  each 
class,  as  indicated  by  a committee  of  three  persons  designated 
by  the  Professor  of  Rhetoric. 

All  exhibitions  and  public  exercises  of  any  society  in  College, 
either  stated  or  occasional,  and  all  anniversary  celebrations  and 
occasional  exercises  shall  be  under  the  entire  control  of  the 
Faculty ; the  orator  to  be  invited  from  abroad,  and  the  condi- 
tions under  which  he  is  invited,  shall  be  subject  to  their  approv- 
al ; and  no  student  shall  be  concerned  in  any  of  these  celebra- 
tions but  by  their  permission.  No  instrumental  or  vocal  music 
shall  be  employed  for  Commencement  Day,  or  the  evening  pre- 
vious, except  by  the  consent  of  the  Faculty. 

6.  No  academical  degree  shall  be  conferred  but  by 
Degrees.  vote  of  the  Corporation.  No  student  shall  receive 
the  first  degree  unless  he  has  passed  the  regular  ex- 
aminations, except  in  extraordinary  cases ; unless  he  has  re- 
turned all  his  library  books,  and  adjusted  his  library  accounts  ; 
and  unless  he  has  paid  all  his  College  dues,  or  secured  them  to 
the  satisfaction  of  the  Treasurer.  Every  Eachelor  of  Arts,  of 
three  years’  standing,  sustaining  a good  reputation,  shall  be  en- 
titled to  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  by  seasonable  application 


to  the  Treasurer.  Every  candidate  for  either  degree  shall  previ- 
ously pay  the  Treasurer  live  dollars.  But  all  honorary  degrees 
shall  be  free  of  charge. 


CHAPTER  III. 

OF  DEPORTMENT  AND  DISCIPLINE. 

1.  It  is  earnestly  desired  by  the  Government  and 
Motives.  Faculty  of  the  College,  that  the  students  may  be  in- 
fluenced to  good  conduct  and  diligence  in  study,  by 

higher  motives  than  fear  of  punishment ; and  they  mainly  rely 
for  the  success  of  the  Institution  on  moral  and  religious  princi- 
ple, a sense  of  duty,  and  the  generous  feelings  which  belong  to 
young  men  engaged  in  honorable  pursuits.  When  these  mo- 
tives fail,  the  Faculty  will  have  recourse  to  friendly  caution  and 
warning,  to  private  and  public  admonition,  and,  when  the  nature 
and  circumstances  of  the  case  require  it,  to  fines,  probation,  sus- 
pension, dismission  and  expulsion. 

2.  All  students  are  expected  and  required  to  devote 
Decorum.  themselves  faithfully  to  study,  and  to  the  honest  dis- 
charge of  those  duties  which  are  assigned  them  by 

their  instructors.  They  are  enjoined  to  keep  the  Sabbath  Day 
holy  and  sacred  to  the  duties  of  religion , and  not  to  profane 
it  by  diversion , by  unnecessarily  walking  abroad , or  by  study . 
They  are  enjoined  to  treat  one  another  with  consideration  and 
respect;  and  to  show  at  all  times  to  the  Faculty,  and  to  every 
member  of  it,  those  tokens  of  respectful  deference  which  befit 
the  relation  subsisting  between  them. 

There  are  certain  offenses  against  good  order  and  decorum, 
which  all  students  are  enjoined  to  avoid ; and  among  these  may 
be  mentioned  irregularities  in  the  chapel  ; such  as  tardinesses 
at  prayers  and  Sabbath  services , going  out  from  these , read- 
ing, talking , whispering , improper  attitude  or  behavior  ; mis- 
conduct AT  RECITATIONS,  LECTURES  AND  OTHER  EXERCISES  ; Such  as 


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talking  after  the  instructor  has  taken  his  seat , whispering , in- 
attention, lounging , sitting  out  of  alphabetical  order , and 
anything  whatever  interrupting  and  disturbing  the  exercises  ; 

and  MISBEHAVIOR  AROUND  THE  BUILDINGS  OR  IN  THE  VILLAGE  ; Such 

as  shouting  from  a window , throwing  anything  from  or  to  a 
window , playing  hand  or  foot  ball  in  the  College  buildings  or 
yards , making  any  boisterous  noise  therein  or  elsewhere , smok- 
ing in  the  streets  or  any  public  room , or  singing  or  playing 
upon  musical  instruments  in  study  hours  or  after  ten  o'clock 
at  night.  These  and  similar  violations  of  decorum  are  noticea- 
ble offenses  against  the  good  order  of  College,  besides  fostering 
habits  of  negligence  and  lawlessness  destructive  to  education 
and  success  in  the  world. 

3.  Whenever  the  laws  do  not  fix  the  penalty  of  any 
penalties.  offense,  it  shall  be  determined  by  vote  of  the  Fac- 
ulty ; but  admonition  in  private  or  before  the  class, 
and  fines  in  certain  cases,  may  be  applied  by  any  member  of  the 
Faculty  as  he  shall  judge  necessary.  The  repetition  of  offenses 
shall  be  considered  as  an  aggravating  circumstance. 

Fines  not  exceeding  one  dollar  may  be  imposed  by 
Fines.  a Professor  or  Tutor ; those  above  one  dollar  must 

be  imposed  by  the  Faculty.  But  no  fine  shall  be 
remitted  except  by  the  Faculty. 

Immediate  and  implicit  obedience  shall  be  yielded 
obedience.  by  every  student  to  the  lawful  commands  of  every 
officer  of  the  College.  And  every  student  shall  re- 
pair to  his  room  whenever  directed  to  do  so,  and  shall  appear 
personally  before  the  President,  or  any  ^officer  of  the  College 
when  required.  Disobedience  shall  be  deemed  a high  offense 
against  the  order  of  College,  and  may  be  punished,  at  the  discre- 
tion of  the  Faculty,  by  any  College  censure,  even  to  expulsion. 

If  any  student  shall  violate  the  engagement  made 
on  his  faith  and  honor  as  a condition  of  his  admis- 
sion to  college,  he  shall  be  immediately  admonished 


Expulsion. 


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by  the  Faculty,  and  if  lie  shall  repeat  the  offense,  he  shall  be 
dismissed  from  College. 

If  any  student  shall  be  guilty  of  a crime  for  which  an  infa- 
mous punishment  may  be  inflicted  by  the  laws  of  the  State ; or 
shall  designedly  injure,  or  attempt  to  injure,  any  member  of  the 
Faculty  in  his  person,  property  or  premises,  he  shall  be  expelled. 

If  any  student  shall  be  guilty  of  any  injury  to  the  buildings  or 
other  property  of  the  College,  to  the  person  property,  or  premi- 
ses of  a fellow  student,  or  of  any  person  in  the  town,  he  shall 
make  satisfaction  according  to  the  nature  of  the  offense  or  injury, 
and  be  subject  to  such  punishment  as  the  case  may  require. 

All  disorderly  and  irregular  assemblages  or  proces- 
Assembiages.  sions  of  students,  of  whatsoever  nature,  and  partic- 
ularly all  such  known  and  designated  as  Wakes,  and 
all  kinds  of  disturbance  by  night  tending  to  break  the  quiet  of 
the  College  or  of  the  town , are  expressly  forbidden,  and  may  be 
punished,  as  the  case  shall  require. 

Whenever  any  student  shall  be  required  by  the  Fac- 
Disciosure.  ulty  to  disclose  his  knowledge  concerning  any  disor- 
der, offense  or  offender  against  a law  of  the  College, 
and  shall  refuse  to  make  such  disclosure,  he  may  be  dismissed. 

Any  student  who  may  be  required  to  do  so  by  a College  offi- 
cer, shall  open  the  door  of  his  room,  his  trunk,  chest,  desk  or 
any  other  thing,  and,  if  he  refuse,  the  officer  may  break  it  open  ; 
and  the  student  maybe  punished  for  disobedience  as  the  Faculty 
shall  judge  proper. 

If  any  student  shall  be  frequently  absent  from  any  of  the  lit- 
erary or  religious  exercises  required  of  him,  or  shall  be  habitu- 
ally indolent  or  neglectful  of  his  studies,  or  be  guilty  of  any 
immorality  or  disorder,  or  be  inattentive  to  the  regulations  of 
the  College  and  the  requirements  of  the  Faculty,  he  shall,  un- 
der their  direction,  be  admonished  of  his  misbehavior ; and,  if 
he  continue  unreformed,  he  shall  be  sent  home,  and  his  connec- 
tion with  College  shall  cease. 


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The  attendance  of  every  student  is  required  from 
Absences  and  the  first  college  exercise  of  the  term  until  the  last ; 
irregularities,  and  no  excuse  for  absence  at  the  beginning  of  any 
term  will  be  favorably  considered  by  the  Faculty 
unless  accompanied  by  a written  statement  of  the  cause  of  the 
absence  from  the  students’  parent  or  guardian.  If  a student’s 
un excused  absence  from  college  prayers  shall  amount  to  ten  in 
any  one  term,  he  shall  be  admonished,  or  otherwise  dealt  with, 
at  the  discretion  of  the  Faculty. 

No  student  shall  be  absent  from  College  in  term-time,  with- 
out leave  of  the  President  or  some  other  member  of  the  Faculty. 

Any  student  who  is  charged  with  an  offense,  or  has 
statement.  been  censured  or  punished,  shall  be  permitted  to 
make,  in  a respectful  manner,  any  representation  of 
his  case  to  the  Faculty  that  he  may  deem  necessary  to  the  right 
understanding  of  it;  but  no  joint  representation  or  action  on 
such  a matter  shall  be  allowed. 

No  class  meeting  shall  be  held  after  any  recitation, 
class  meetings,  except  with  the  consent  of  the  officer  who  has  heard 
it ; and  he  and  no  other  person  shall  announce  that 
such  meeting  is  to  be  held  ; and  no  class  meeting  shall  be  held 
at  any  other  time  but  with  the  consent  of  the  officer  of  the 
class  ; and  no  College  meeting  at  any  time,  but  with  the  con- 
sent of  the  President. 

The  hours  between  prayers  in  the  morning  and 
study  hours,  twelve  o’clock,  meridian,  between  two  o’clock  and 
prayers  in  the  afternoon,  and,  except  in  the  Summer 
term,  between  seven  and  nine  o’clock  in  the  evening,  shall  be 
considered  study  hours. 

No  student  shall  have  or  keep  any  gunpowder  or 
Fire-arms.  fire-arms  in  his  room,  or  in  any  building  or  other 
place  on  College  grounds  ; nor  shall  he  at  any  time 
use  gunpowder  or  fire-arms  within  half  a mile  of  the  College 
grounds. 


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The  Faculty  are  authorized  to  make  additional  rules  concern- 
ing the  deportment  and  discipline  of  students,  not  inconsistent 
with  these  laws  ; and  to  exercise  discretionary  authority  to  pun- 
ish offenses  for  which  no  statute  is  particularly  provided. 


CHAPTER  IV. 

OF  TERM  BILLS  AND  PARIETAL  REGULATIONS. 

1.  Students  shall  be  charged  by  the  Treasurer  in 
Term  Bins.  the  bills  of  each  term  the  following;  sums,  viz: — for 
tuition,  $30 ; for  room  rent,  $5  to  $10  ; for  ordina- 
ry repairs  and  for  keeping  the  monitor’s  bills,  ringing  the  bell, 
sweeping  and  warming  the  recitation  rooms,  and  similar  charges, 
each  student’s  proportional  part ; and  for  the  use  of  the  Library 
as  directed  in  Chapter  Fifth. 

All  glass  broken  by  students,  all  damages  done  by  them  to 
the  College  edifices  or  any  other  property  of  the  Corporation, 
and  all  fines  imposed  by  the  Faculty,  shall  be  charged  in  the 
Term  Bills. 

No  student  shall  be  dismissed  until  he  presents  to  the  Presi- 
dent the  certificates  of  the  Treasurer  and  Librarian  that  he  has 
settled  his  Term  Bill  and  his  Library  account. 

Each  candidate  for  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  shall  be 
charged,  in  the  July  Term  Bill  of  his  Senior  year,  seventy-five 
cents  to  defray  the  expense  of  printing  the  Triennial  Catalogue. 

If  a student  shall  be  dismissed  before  the  middle  of  a term, 
he  shall  be  charged  for  half  a term  ; and  if  after  the  middle,  for 
the  whole  term.  This  rule  is  applicable  to  persons  permitted 
to  recite  with  a class. 

The  Term  Bills  shall  be  considered  as  due  as  soon  as  they  are 
made  up  according  to  law,  and  the  Treasurer  is  authorized  to 
demand  the  same  at  any  time  with  interest  while  they  remain 
unpaid.  But  no  interest  shall  be  charged  on  bills  paid  in  fif- 
teen days  from  the  close  of  the  vacation  next  after  the  term  for 


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which  they  are  made.  At  the  close  of  each  term  a Term  Bill 
shall  be  prepared  by  the  Treasurer  for  each  student,  with  a 
statement  of  the  amount  remaining  due  on  previous  bills  ; which 
bill  shall  be  forwarded  to  the  parent,  guardian  or  patron  of  the 
student  by  mail. 

If  any  student’s  bill  shall  remain  unpaid  fifteen  days  from  the 
close  of  the  vacation  next  after  the  term  for  which  they  are 
made,  and  not  secured  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Treasurer,  he 
shall  be  suspended , or  his  connection  with  College  be  dissolved , 
at  the  discretion  of  the  Faculty. 

The  income  of  the  Funds  of  the  Institution  given  for  the  aid 
of  indigent  young  men  of  merit,  shall  be  distributed  annually 
at  Senior  examination,  and  applied  toward  the  payment  of  the 
Term  Bills.  No  aid  from  these  funds  will  be  granted  to 
young  men  who  are  negligent  in  their  duties  or  are  Jcnoion  to 
indulge  in  any  expensive  habits . 

2.  The  students,  except  such  as  may  be  exempted 
Rooms.  for  satisfactory  reasons,  shall  occupy  the  rooms  in 

College;  in  the  selection  of  which  they  shall  con- 
form to  the  regulations  of  the  Faculty.  If  any  rooms  in  the 
College  shall  remain  unoccupied,  the  rent  of  them  shall  be  as- 
sessed upon  those  students  who  room  out  of  College.  If  any 
student  shall  refuse  to  occupy  the  room  assigned  to  him,  or  shall, 
without  permission,  change  his  room,  he  shall  be  fined,  or  other- 
wise punished,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Faculty. 

Damages  to  rooms  occupied  by  students  shall  be 
Damages.  charged  to  the  occupants,  unless  it  shall  appear  that 
they  were  done  by  others,  and  unless  such  damages 
shall  be  reported  to  the  College  officer  having  charge  thereof, 
within  two  days  by  the  occupants,  or,  if  done  in  their  absence, 
within  two  days  after  their  return,  with  such  information  as  they 
may  be  able  to  give  of  the  authors  of  the  injury. 

No  student  may  make,  or  cause  to  be  made,  any  fixture,  im- 
provement, repair  or  alteration  in  his  room,  but  under  the  direc- 


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tion  of  the  proper  officers,  and  anything  done  in  violation  of 
this  rule  shall  be  accounted  damage  and  treated  accordingly. 

Every  student,  upon  going  out  of  town,  and  leaving  his  room 
without  an  occupant,  shall  deliver  his  key  to  the  person  ap- 
pointed by  the  Faculty  to  receive  it,  on  penalty  of  one  dollar. 
And  no  student  can  be  permitted  to  occupy  his  room  in  vaca- 
tion, unless  by  special  permission. 

The  Faculty  shall  assign  to  one  of  their  number  special 
charge  and  supervision  over  the  following  buildings,  and  parts 
of  buildings,  respectively  : North  Hall,  West  College  ; South 
Hall,  West  College;  Kellogg  Hall,  South  College;  North  En- 
try, East  College ; South  Entry,  East  College.  And  each  offi- 
cer of  a class  shall  have  special  charge  over  the  recitation  room, 
and  over  that  part  of  the  chapel  occupied  by  his  class,  and  shall, 
by  frequent  inspection  and  otherwise,  protect  them  from  de- 
facement and  damage. 

All  students  rooming  out  of  College  shall  be  subject  to  the 
same  rules  and  regulations,  and  shall  be  liable  to  the  same  visit- 
ation and  inspection  of  the  Faculty  as  those  who  room  in  Col- 
lege. 

CHAPTER  V. 

OF  THE  LIBRARY. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Librarian  to  keep  faith- 
Librarian.  ful  custody  of  the  Library  building  and  books ; to 
expend  judiciously  all  moneys  designated  for  the 
preservation  and  increase  of  books,  and  to  endeavor  in  all  ways 
to  make  the  Library  as  useful  as  possible  to  the  Faculty  and  the 
students.  For  these  services  he  shall  receive  a suitable  com- 
pensation. In  case  of  his  death  or  resignation,  a Librarian  pro 
tempore  shall  be  appointed  by  the  President. 

The  Librarian  shall  in  term  time  open  the  Library  for  con- 
sultation and  study  on  the  part  of  the  Faculty  and  students  dur- 
ing at  least  lour  hours  each  day,  at  times  best  suited  to  the 


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convenience  of  the  College;  except  that  on  Wednesday  and 
Saturday  afternoons  the  Library  may  be  closed,  and  on  those 
days  a suitable  time  shall  be  appointed  for  the  delivery  and  re- 
turn of  books,  the  number  of  each  book  taken  being  registered 
with  the  name  of  the  borrower  and  the  date.  No  book  shall  be 
taken  from  the  Library  or  returned  without  the  knowledge  of 
the  Librarian  or  his  assistants,  nor  shall  any  person  be  permitted 
to  go  into  the  Library,  in  the  absence  of  the  Librarian  or  his  as- 
sistants, except  members  of  the  Corporation  and  the  Faculty. 

The  Librarian  is  authorized  to  restrict  the  use  of  such  valu- 
able books  and  plates  as,  in  his  judgment,  would  be  liable  to 
suffer  injury  under  the  ordinary  rules. 

No  student  shall  have  more  than  three  books  from  the  Libra- 
ry at  a time ; and  the  Librarian  is  authorized  to  make  rules,  sub- 
ject to  the  approval  of  the  President,  concerning  the  time  dur- 
ing which  books  may  be  kept ; concerning  the  penalties  for  the 
detention,  defacement  and  loss  of  books,  and  for  other  viola- 
tions of  Library  regulations , and  concerning  the  class  of  per- 
sons, other  than  College  officers  and  students,  who  may  share 
the  privileges  of  the  Library. 

Each  student  shall  pay  four  dollars  a year  for  the  use  of  the 
Library ; which,  together  with  all  damages  assessed,  and  fines 
charged  by  the  Librarian,  shall  be  entered  in  the  Term  Bills 
under  the  head  of  “the  Library.” 

The  sums  thus  charged  for  the  use  of  the  Library  and  for 
damage  done  to  it,  shall  be  drawn  from  the  Treasury  by  the  Li- 
brarian, and  be  expended  by  him  in  rebinding  and  repairing  the 
books  in  the  Library,  or  in  the  purchase  of  new  books  at  his 
discretion.  And  the  Librarian  shall  render  to  the  Corporation, 
at  their  annual  meeting,  an  account  of  his  expenditure. 

Whenever  the  Librarian  shall  be  unable  to  recover  any  book 
lent,  he  shall  report  the  case  to  the  Treasurer,  who  shall,  if 
necessary,  prosecute  for  the  same. 

In  the  month  of  June,  annually,  the  books  shall  be 


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visitation.  carefully  inspected  to  ascertain  their  presence  in  the 
Library  and  condition.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the 
President  and  Secretary  to  visit  and  inspect  the  Library,  to  see 
in  what  state  it  is,  and  whether  the  Librarian  has  faithfully  per- 
formed his  duty.  There  shall  be  the  same  visitation  and  in- 
spection of  the  Library  by  the  President  and  Secretary  previ- 
ous to  the  resignation  of  the  Librarian,  should  it  take  place  at 
any  other  time  of  the  year. 

If  any  damage  comes  to  the  Library  by  the  neglect  of  the 
Librarian  or  his  failure  to  observe  fhe  laws  of  the  Library,  it 
shall  be  made  good  out  of  his  salary  or  otherwise. 


CHAPTER  VI. 

OF  THE  CALENDAR. 

1.  Commencement  shall  be  on  the  first  Wednesday 
Commencement,  of  July,  annually. 

2.  The  College  year  shall  consist  of  three  terms ; 
Calendar.  which,  together  with  the  vacations,  shall  be  arranged 

as  follows  : — -There  shall  be  a vacation  of  nine  weeks 
from  Commencement.  The  first  term  shall  commence  on  the 
expiration  of  this  vacation,  and  shall  continue  to  Tuesday  pre- 
ceding Christmas.  There  shall  be  a vacation  of  three  weeks 
from  the  last  mentioned  day ; on  the  expiration  of  which,  the 
second  term  shall  commence  and  continue  eleven  weeks.  There 
shall  then  be  a vacation  of  two  weeks,  on  the  expiration  of 
which  the  third  term  shall  commence  and  continue  till  Com- 


mencement. 


CONTENTS 


Page. 

CHAPTER  I . 3 

OF  THE  GOVERNMENT  OF  THE  COLLEGE. 

CHAPTER  II.  ------  6 

OF  THE  COURSE  OF  INSTRUCTION. 

CHAPTER  III.  - 10 

OF  DEPORTMENT  AND  DISCIPLINE. 

CHAPTER  IV.  - 14 

OF  TERM  BILLS  AND  PARIETAL  REGULATIONS. 

CHAPTER  V. - 16 

OF  THE  LIBRARY. 

CHAPTER  VI.  ------  - 18 


OF  THE  CALENDAR. 


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